Te Horo School (Otaki)

Te Ara Huarau | School Profile Report

Background

This Profile Report was written within the last 24 months of the Education Review Office and Te Horo School (Otaki) working in Te Ara Huarau, an improvement evaluation approach used in most English Medium State and State Integrated Schools. For more information about Te Ara Huarau see ERO’s website. www.ero.govt.nz

Context 

Te Horo School, between Ōtaki and Waikanae on the Kāpiti Coast, has students from Years 1 to 8. Its vision statement is: Growing great learners for today and tomorrow.

Te Horo School (Otaki)’s strategic priorities for improving outcomes for learners are:

• learners and their whānau are at the centre of life at Te Horo School

• targeted specific teaching practices to support all learners to make progress across the curriculum

• relevant professional learning for teachers.

You can find a copy of the school’s strategic and annual plan on Te Horo School (Otaki)’s website.

ERO and the school are working together to evaluate the extent to which assessment information informs teaching and learning to improve outcomes (equity and excellence) for all learners.

The rationale for selecting this evaluation is:

• to ensure learners are at the centre of the developing localised curriculum

• the commitment by school leaders and teachers to analyse and share assessment information to improve learning outcomes for all students

• teacher inquiry into their learning and teaching practices to inform the localised curriculum.

The school expects to see:

• leaders, teachers and students making use of high-quality assessment information to inform next learning steps

• learning partnerships with parents and whānau continuing to strengthen

• purposeful and relevant assessment practices that are clearly documented in the school’s revised localised curriculum and used to monitor and support learning progress and achievement.

Strengths

The school can draw from the following strengths to support its goal to evaluate how well assessment information across the school informs teaching and learning to continue to improve learner outcomes:

• teaching staff have strong learning relationships with learners

• a community that supports the school and their children to engage in learning

• rich curriculum opportunities in response to learner’s interests that provide a sound platform for the next stage of curriculum development.

Where to next?

Moving forward, the school will prioritise:

• continuing to engage parents and whānau in partnerships that promote learning for all learners

• developing and implementing their localised curriculum

• teacher inquiry to inform the development of a localised curriculum.

ERO’s role will be to support the school in its evaluation for improvement cycle to improve outcomes for all learners. ERO will support the school in reporting their progress to the community. The next public report on ERO’s website will be a Te Ara Huarau | School Evaluation Report and is due within three years.

Shelley Booysen
Director of Schools

1 May 2023 

About the School

The Education Counts website provides further information about the school’s student population, student engagement and student achievement.  educationcounts.govt.nz/home